1563

Investigative JurisdictionAssault on Federal
Officer

All assaults on, kidnapping of, and murders of Federal officers
will be
investigated exclusively by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
except:

The FBI does not, at the request of the Treasury Department, investigate
assaults on, kidnapping of, or murders of any Treasury Department personnel.
This includes Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
(BATF),
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Customs. However, if the Bureau
believes
that its absence from a case is materially affecting the interests of
justice,
it is to call this to the attention of the Attorney General.

In accordance with an agreement between the Postal Service and the
Justice
Department, investigative jurisdiction of offenses in Postal Service
buildings
against postal laws, or involving, among other things, offenses committed by
postal employees, is with the Postal Service inspectors. Thus, the
responsibility for investigating the large majority of cases involving
postal
employees that can be expected to arise under 18 U.S.C. § 111 will be
with
the postal inspectors. FBI investigation of assaults on, kidnapping of, and
murders of Postal Service employees is limited to the following three
situations:
(1) assaults, kidnapping, or homicides of postal employees which are
incidental
to some other crime which is within the investigative jurisdiction of the
FBI;
(2) assaults, kidnapping, or homicides of Postal Inspectors believed to have
been
committed by persons who are not employees of the Postal Service; (3) in
any
other situation where the FBI is directed by the Department of Justice to
investigate.